Solaris X86ers:

While I have been using Solaris for years it has been a very long time since
I tried Solaris X86. That being said, I now have a laptop (Dell 8100 with an
NVidia card, 16MB or 32MB, I forget which).

I understand that XFree86 (video drivers) using the "porting kit" can be
made to work on Solaris, so that the Solaris windowing environment can run
using the XFree86 driver set.

I have looked at XIG drivers, and they do NOT make an NVidia driver, so
please do not suggest that.

Does XFree86 support the NVidia (Geforce 2) card with Solaris?

I was told there is an NVidia driver (non-XFree86) for Solaris?

What monitor type do I pick for a laptop LCD, that is 1600x1200 (I am
willing accept a lower resolution to make this work)?

What are the differences between the Solaris NVidia driver (if it is for a
Geforce 2) and the XFree86 version?

My first goal would be to get the Sun windowing environment up and running,
though after that it would be nice to have GNOME also.

Is there a how-to on doing this?


Thank you in advance,

Stuart